| 100% | LES | 3 | With 79-Down, a B'way hit |
| 62% | SAINT | 5 | With 79 Down, canonized Norwegian king and the namesake of a Minnesota college |
| 60% | KNEED | 5 | Hit with a joint, in a way |
| 59% | SRO | 3 | Like a B'way hit |
| 58% | ROCKLOBSTER | 11 | B-52s hit with a crustacean in the title |
| 57% | BRAN | 4 | R & B singer with a hit 1990s sitcom |
| 57% | SRO | 3 | Sign of a B'way hit |
| 55% | TOP | 3 | With 51-Down, a hit list? |
| 54% | HI5 | 3 | R & B group with the 1991 #1 hit "I Like the Way" |
| 54% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | Piano Man who had a hit with Just the Way You Are |
| 54% | TOMORROW | 8 | 2022 hit by 16-Across with a popular remix featuring Cardi B |
| 53% | SHA | 3 | With 44-Down, a 1974 Al Green hit |
| 52% | LIP | 3 | With 5-Down, match, in a way |
| 52% | LOVESHACK | 9 | 1989 B-52's hit about a cabin with a tin roof: 2 wds. |
| 52% | TBAR | 4 | With 3-Down, way up for a downhiller |
| 52% | SAVE | 4 | With 3-Down, cut corners, in a way |
| 51% | STARE | 5 | Intimidate, in a way, with "down" |
| 51% | OPP | 3 | "You down with ___? Yeah, you know me!" (Refrain from a Naughty by Nature 1991 hit) |
| 51% | ROSS | 4 | She had a 1980 #1 hit with "Upside Down" |
| 51% | LOS | 3 | Popular Latin rock group, with 79 Down |
| 50% | AMORE | 5 | It makes you "dance down the street with a cloud at your feet," in a 1953 hit |
| 50% | SRO | 3 | Like a hit B'way show |
| 48% | ABBE | 4 | With 37 Down, a singer |
| 48% | ARCH | 4 | With 47 Down, a sport |
| 48% | TAKITAKI | 8 | 2018 reggaeton hit by DJ Snake featuring Ozuna, Cardi B, and Selena Gomez, with a repetitive title: 2 wds. |
| 48% | OHME | 4 | With 34 Down, a worried cry |
| 48% | SKI | 3 | Go down a mountain with poles |
| 47% | REAREND | 7 | Hit, in a way |
| 47% | KNEE | 4 | Hit, in a way |
| 47% | SLAPPED | 7 | Hit, in a way |